Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Turkey Creek (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Turkey Creek. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Turkey Creek ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Turkey Creek: Turkey Crk. (or less commonly used: Turkey Ck. or Turkey Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Turkey Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Turkey Creek.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Turkey Creek is located in Yalobusha County.
To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Yalobusha County: Calhoun, Grenada, Lafayette, Panola & Tallahatchie.
Below are the counties that are near Turkey Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Turkey Creek:
- Yalobusha County (The home county of Turkey Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Creek, with the one closest to Turkey Creek listed first.
- Coffeeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Velma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Velma is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velma
- Tillatoba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tillatoba is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillatoba
- Population from the 2010 Census: 91 people
- Oakland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Water Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Creek, with the one closest to Turkey Creek listed first.
- Big Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Big Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Bruce
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pittsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pittsboro is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Slate Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Spring is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Spring
- Slate Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Calhoun City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Banner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Derma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Derma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 961 people
- Benela
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Benela is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benela
- Loyd
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Loyd is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
- Sarepta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sarepta is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarepta
- Vardaman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Creek, with the one closest to Turkey Creek listed first.
- Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Avalon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Avalon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- North Carrollton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Carrollton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Teoc
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Teoc is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teoc
- Grenada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Creek, with the one closest to Turkey Creek listed first.
- Memphis Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis Junction is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Junction
- Grenada
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elliott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elliott is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Turkey Foot Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Turkey Foot Fork is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot Fork
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Creek, with the one closest to Turkey Creek listed first.
- Springdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Springdale is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Taylor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Delay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Delay is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delay
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Creek, with the one closest to Turkey Creek listed first.
- Duck Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Duck Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,760 people
- Sweatman
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sweatman is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweatman
- Eskridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eskridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskridge
- Minerva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Minerva is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
- Winona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Creek, with the one closest to Turkey Creek listed first.
- Pope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pope is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Courtland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Courtland is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Tallahatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Creek, with the one closest to Turkey Creek listed first.
- Rosebloom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rosebloom is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebloom
- Charleston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Leverett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Leverett is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
- Paynes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Paynes is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes
- Crevi ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Crevi is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crevi
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Creek, with the one closest to Turkey Creek listed first.
- Montevista
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Montevista is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevista
- Walthall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walthall is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Turkey Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Turkey Creek.
Cemeteries Near Turkey Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Turkey Creek.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Turkey Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Turkey Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Turkey Creek, with the one closest to Turkey Creek listed first.
- Bornard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stephons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- York Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hardeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Walton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rohnsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Myra Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wilbourn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Barksdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (371 more) ...
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kirkman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hairston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
While we didn't find Turkey Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Turkey Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Turkey Creek, with the one closest to Turkey Creek listed first.
- Coffeeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Youngs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Youngs is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Grenada
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Velma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Velma is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velma
- Misterton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Misterton is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misterton
- Elliott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elliott is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Sabougla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sabougla is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabougla
- Big Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Big Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Pine Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Valley is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
- Rosebloom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rosebloom is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebloom
- Murphreesboro ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Murphreesboro is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphreesboro
- Duck Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Duck Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,760 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Oakland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sweatman
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sweatman is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweatman
- Cadaretta
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cadaretta is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadaretta
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Turkey Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Turkey Creek.
Newspapers Published in Turkey Creek ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Turkey Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Turkey Creek, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Turkey Creek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Turkey Creek:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Yalobusha County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Grenada County
- Lafayette County
- Montgomery County
- Panola County
- Tallahatchie County
- Webster County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Turkey Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Turkey Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |